Sounds close to the technique for fishing circle hooks from a boat (put rod in holder, do not touch rod until it is fully bent over and line is coming off against the drag)

I'm a little worried about you combination of a bank rod holder and a tight drag. I assume the fish can still take line against the drag - you have it set at the fighting level? If that rod holder is not good and secure it could lead to some lost gear...

You wrote those instruction for a young man. You need an addition to the older generation. Set near the rod and get up when you can, and just start reeling. This would also apply to people who eat to much. Example twinkies. Thanks.:lol::big_smile:

Another thing useful for us old coots might be some kind of audible alarm to wake us up. Oh yeah, one more thing: a rope tied to a tree or such that we can pull on to help us get out of the chair before the fish dies of old age.

That is the most in depth and precise fishing method I have ever of heard of using circle hooks. The only problem I can see is how would you make them work on a boat if you did not have the option of sitting that far away?

Sounds close to the technique for fishing circle hooks from a boat (put rod in holder, do not touch rod until it is fully bent over and line is coming off against the drag)

I'm a little worried about you combination of a bank rod holder and a tight drag. I assume the fish can still take line against the drag - you have it set at the fighting level? If that rod holder is not good and secure it could lead to some lost gear...

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Also if you get a nice cat runnin' with your bait he could easily break your line if the drag is too tight. Awesome post, I used a very similar method to learn NOT to set the hook. Old habits die hard!